By JAMEY KEATEN and JOHN HEILPRIN
Michael Mann, Spokesperson of EU High Representative Catherine Ashton, briefs the media outside a hotel where closed-door talks on Iran’s nuclear program are taking place in Geneva Switzerland, Thursday, Nov. 21, 2013. (AP Photo/Keystone,Martial Trezzini)
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Sergei Ryabkov, Deputy Foreign Minister of the Russia, photographed near the Intercontinental Hotel where closed-door talks on Iran’s nuclear program are taking place in Geneva Switzerland, Thursday, Nov. 21, 2013. (AP Photo/Keystone,Martial Trezzini)
Switzerland Iran Nuclear Talks
A general view shows participants before the start of three days of closed-door nuclear talks in Geneva, Switzerland, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2013. (AP Photo/Keystone,Salvatore Di Nolfi)
Switzerland Iran Nuclear Talks
EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs Catherine Ashton, right, and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, arrive for a photo opportunity prior to the start of three days of closed-door nuclear talks in Geneva, Switzerland, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2013. (AP Photo/Keystone,Salvatore Di Nolfi)
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FILE – In this file photo taken Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2011, Iranian students chant slogans as they join hands while forming a human chain around the Isfahan Uranium Conversion Facility in support of Iran’s nuclear program, as one of them holds a poster of late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini, just outside the city of Isfahan, 410 kilometers, 255 miles south of the capital Tehran, Iran. Seven-nation talks on a deal meant to start a rollback of Iran’s nuclear program in exchange for sanctions relief were delayed Thursday, Nov. 21, 2013, as senior envoys from both sides wrestled with a draft they hoped would be acceptable to both Tehran and its six world powers negotiating with it. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)
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Swiss police officers control the area in front of the Intercontinental hotel where closed-door nuclear talks on Iran’s nuclear program are taking place in Geneva Switzerland, Thursday, Nov. 21, 2013. (AP Photo/Keystone,Martial Trezzini)
Switzerland Iran Nuclear Talks
EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs Catherine Ashton, left, sits next to Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, right, during a photo opportunity prior to the start of three days of closed-door nuclear talks at the United Nations offices, in Geneva, Switzerland, Wednesday, Nov.20, 2013. (AP Photo/Keystone,Salvatore Di Nolfi)
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Wendy Sherman, US Under Secretary for Political Affairs, looks to her right before the start of the three days of closed-door nuclear talks in Geneva, Switzerland, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2013. (AP Photo/Keystone,Salvatore Di Nolfi)
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EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton, second left, and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, third right, are pictured during talks over Iran’s nuclear program in Geneva, Switzerland, Friday, Nov. 22, 2013. The two top envoys have resumed work on trying to fine tune terms that would start curbing Iran’s nuclear program in exchange for sanctions relief on the Islamic republic. (AP Photo/Fabrice Coffrini, pool)
Switzerland Iran Nuclear Talks
Michael Mann, Spokesperson of EU High Representative Catherine Ashton, briefs the media outside a hotel where closed-door talks on Iran’s nuclear program are taking place in Geneva Switzerland, Thursday, Nov. 21, 2013. (AP Photo/Keystone,Martial Trezzini)
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MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov is heading to Geneva to join the Iranian nuclear talks.
The Foreign Ministry said that Lavrov is flying to Geneva Friday to take part in the talks between Tehran and six world powers, including Russia.
The ministry said in a statement carried by Russian news agencies that Lavrov may also meet in Geneva with U.N.’s top Syrian envoy, Lakhdar Brahimi.
Lavrov said Wednesday that he could meet with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry this week, but didn’t specify where the meeting would take place.
